diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14af76a..8a96d4f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -109,3 +109,6 @@ Icon
 Network Trash Folder
 Temporary Items
 .apdisk
+
+# VirtualEnv
+.venv
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 80e01cf..e82cb18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,45 @@
 PIP_HOME = $(shell python3 -c "import site; import os; print(os.path.join(site.USER_BASE, 'bin'))" \
 	|| python -c "import site; import os; print(os.path.join(site.USER_BASE, 'bin'))")
 
+VENV := .venv
+BIN := $(VENV)/bin
+PYTHON := $(BIN)/python
+MANAGE := $(PYTHON) ./manage.py
+# MANAGE := HKNWEB_MODE='dev' $(PYTHON) ./manage.py
+
 IP ?= 0.0.0.0
 PORT ?= 3000
 
 .PHONY: run
 run:
-	pipenv run python3 ./manage.py runserver $(IP):$(PORT)
+	$(MANAGE) runserver $(IP):$(PORT)
 
 .PHONY: superuser
 superuser:
-	pipenv run python3 ./manage.py createsuperuser
+	$(MANAGE) createsuperuser
 
 .PHONY: migrations
 migrations:
-	pipenv run python3 ./manage.py makemigrations
+	$(MANAGE) makemigrations
 
 .PHONY: migrate
 migrate:
-	pipenv run python3 ./manage.py migrate
\ No newline at end of file
+	$(MANAGE) migrate
+
+.PHONY: venv
+venv:
+	python3 -m venv $(VENV)
+	@echo "When developing, activate the virtualenv with 'source .venv/bin/activate' so Python can access the installed dependencies."
+
+.PHONY: install-prod
+install-prod:
+	# For issues with binary packages, consider https://pythonwheels.com/
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+	# TODO: pinned/unpinned dependency version.
+	# See https://hkn-mu.atlassian.net/browse/COMPSERV-110
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	make install-prod
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbdff77..84f2a62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,22 +35,22 @@ From here, run
 $ cd tbpweb
 ```
 
-Make sure pipenv is installed in your virtual machine. To do this, run 
+Developing on `tbpweb` requires a virtual environment so that every developer has the exact same development environment i.e. any errors that a developer has is not due to difference in configuration. We will be using Python's built-on [`venv`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) to make our virtual environment. This command creates our virtual environment.
 
 ```sh
-$ pip3 install pipenv
+$ make venv
 ```
 
-Next, make sure there is a Pipfile in your current directory and run
+Next, we need to have our current terminal/shell use the virtual environment we just created. We do this through:
 
 ```sh
-$ pipenv shell
+$ source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 
-To install django, run
+To install all dependencies (including django), run
 
 ```sh
-$ pipenv install django
+$ make install
 ```
 There may be warnings that installation of some packages failed, but as long as you can run the command below successfully you are good to go.
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index eeca568..6ab8705 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
         python3 \
         python3-dev \
         python3-pip \
+        python3-venv \
         tmux \
         vim
   SHELL
-  # Setup pipenv and virtualenv
-  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: false, inline: "cd ~/tbpweb; make setup"
+  # Setup virtualenv
+  config.vm.provision "shell", privileged: false, inline: "cd ~/tbpweb; make venv"
 end
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbb1284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pre-commit==1.14.4
+pytest==4.3.0
+pytest-django==3.4.7
+tox==3.7.0
+livereload==2.6.0
diff --git a/tbpweb/settings.py b/tbpweb/settings.py
index fdc9eb8..8709d2c 100644
--- a/tbpweb/settings.py
+++ b/tbpweb/settings.py
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 SECRET_KEY = '^j!vujd$z7w1_)zx%11fa@-x5!7)#9me9b_eevrg3z6@fk%1qq'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost']
 
 
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'base',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
diff --git a/tbpweb/urls.py b/tbpweb/urls.py
index db53703..cb62698 100644
--- a/tbpweb/urls.py
+++ b/tbpweb/urls.py
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import include
+
+from base import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('', views.homePage), 
 ]